Hinge for water-closet seats.



J. W... MGAULIPFB. HINGE PoR WATER GLosBT SEATS. AIfPLIOATION FILED NOV. 10, 1909.

Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

7, j l I "immun Y C)l To all whom. if may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN-iw. MCAULIFEE, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HINGE ron u rrrrEn-CI;osnrv SEATS.

specification pf Letters Patent'.

Patented nec. 5, 1911.

Application led Novemberl, 1909. Serial No. 527,149.

Be it known that I, JOHN V, MOAU'LIFFE, a'citizen of the United Statesresiding at Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invent'ed a certain new and useful Improvement in Hinges for YaterfGloset Seats, and-declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable otherszskilled in the art to which it pertains to make and4 use the same, reference being had .to the accompany ing drawings, which form a part of lthis specification.

. My invention relatesto hinges and yparticularly to that type wherein posts projecting upwardly from the rear end of a water closet bowl are employed to mount the seat so that it may `be swung about a horizontal axis. It is often` necessary to place a-bowl close to the wall or' to locate the pipes which lead from the'iushingtank so that ythey lie adjacent to. or even overlie the top of thev bowl; thereby forming astop against which the seat bears when it is raised and preventing the seatl from&being tilted back yfar enough to enable 'it to stand upright.

The principal object Of my invention is to i providea novel form of hinge wherein the `joint may be adjusted ward with -respect to the supportingpost so that a position of the joint may be found which will `enable aseat to remain upright when raised, regardless of the distance between the-post and wall inV rear thereof and even though there be pipes or other obstructions in rear of Ythe bowl which would ordi-y narilyl interfere with the seat when raised.

A further object of my invention is to provide an adjustable hinge for water closet seats wherein th'e joint of the hinge may be shifted backward and forward without making it necessary to leave a considerable space'betwee'n the rear edge of the seat and the post or posts.

. A further object of my invention is to provide a novel form. of postl for .use on water 'closets whereby the seat and the hinge joint may be shifted backward and forward simultaneously relative to the post.`

A further object `of my invention is to provide a novel forml ofwadjustmentfor hingesl of' the character described, wherein the parts which aord, the; adjustment arer located-in rearr` of the front face of, the supportingpost. .gj

A further object of my invention is to detailed ,I double hinge.

backward and for-` with the' seat, even ,provide a novel form'of hinge ofthe char"- acter'described, wherein adjustment-may be -bowl being shownjin section so as to expose the post for its entire length; Fig Q isa horizontal section through-the hinge and post, showing the adjusting means, and one of the hinge members beingshown in plan; Fig. .3

is a top plan view of one `of the hinges,

showing the parts adjusteddift'erently than in Fig. 2; and Fig. is 'a plan view of a Referring to thedrawing, A represents a water closet bowl, B a water closet seat, and C avv cover or lid, all of these parts being of any usualv or preferred construction.

Dis a post, of which thereare usually two,` mounted in any suitable .way upon the bowl in rearof the seat, to serve as anchors for the seat. The post illustrated is of a vcommonlform havingia flange E near the a nut F on the lowerend, .a

upper end of bowl being clamped between portion of the the lia-nge and my invention, I associate with the post a hinge-carrying member whichpermits the hingegto be adjusted bodily backward and the nut. Inaccordance with forward. n adeguati@ um arel parete so constructed that no unnecessarv space is required between the rear edge of the-seat and 'the posts, lbecause the' posts` are. Oftenarranged upon the'v bowls. so that the rear edge of the `seat must be brought quite close thereto, I thereforev arrange ythe (hinge-car# rying member s o that it liessubstantially in rear` of the `posts" complished in 'various ways, preferably by associatingy with' the posts an elongated 1ntends at right ,angles tothe postfand lies at and' will'not interfere when the` latter is ar `rangedclose to the posts; "lll1is vmay be acone side thereof, one member of the hinge being provided with a .screw-threaded stem wlnehis received 1n the thimble and which AmagT be adjusted in or out as circumstances.v

mavrequire. The location of the thi-mble in respects other than those just enumerated may be varied within wide limits as may also the method of coi'inecting it to the post. In the arraiiigement shown, ythe thimble Gr is mounted directly upon the upper end of the post and is cast integral therewith` thel post-` and the thimble forming an L-shaped member, one arm of which is intern-ally screwthreaded and open; at the inner end. lWhen the post is .in place it is so positioned that the thimble extends rearwardly at right an gles to the rear edge of 'the seat.

One member I'jI of the hinge mayI be the form of an ordinary leaf which is adapt-4 ed to be secured to the seat in any usual way as, lfor example, by means of Screws. Apassing tlirough perforations 7L. Securedj at one end of the member H is a journalI which is adapted tofbe received in a bearing member K to formwthehinge .joint-. L is a screw-threaded stem, projecting from the member K at right angles to the axis there- .i

of, the screwl-threadjsl meshing with the screw-threads g inthe thimble. .,Itavillbe seen that when the member II `is secured toi the seat, the parts beingotherwise assemf,` bled as illustrated, the seatu is, pivotally se-4,

cured vin place so` that kit may be 4swung about the yaxis of the :journal and journal bearing. In assemblingtheparts upon a bowl, the stem L is screwed lin or4 out as' may be` required so as to locate thescat properly-,on the bowl or tofcarry the` pivotal axis of the seat forward, when 4necessary, so asto enable the seaty to remain upright when it is raised againstv the wall on the piping in lrear of the-bowl. The vjour- `nal Il mayl beUprovided withan. `upwardly.- projecting earll to which may be pivotally 45l connected as at m, a member M whichis in `turn .connected to the.-cover C; Consej quently the cover may bedifted independ-` ently of the seat or the cover-'and seat may be lifted simultaneouslywand:swung about the journal I. I prefer'to providethe, inner end ofthe .stem 1L with a reducedv portion Z1 which'is left free from screwthreads so that when the stem is screwedoutwardly` to carry the hinge joint away from the post,v

the screw=threads on the stem.Y will'not bel exposed to view. Y

In Figsfl and 2, the stem is shown in position wherein it has been entered into the thimble as far it will `go,while-in Fig. 3f the stem hasbeeji carried forwarda coiisiderable distance to provide adjustment in the lateral direction in order to make provision for variously shaped post holes is the bowls. This may also be accomplished in various ways,

It also `desirable one of the simples being to make the journal I'considerably longer than the bearing member and provide 1t with an adjustable stop N which is adapted to bear against one,

end of the bearing member. Consequently, by adjusting the stop', the bearing member can be moved axially of the journal so that the distance between the posts, where there are two posts, need not remain proportional to thedistanee between the two hinge membersII. In the arrangement shown the adjustable'stop is in the form of an elongated thimble-screw-threaded upon the iti-ee end of the journal, there being a locknut O to hold the thimble in the position to which it may have been adjusted. The manner o't producing the lateral adjustment is also ap- .parent from Figs. 9, and 3, these two figures showing the parts in different adjusted positions.

In Fig. 4.-, I have shown a slight moditicaand arrangements which fall within the terms `of the delinitions-- of my invention constituting the appended claims.

that I claim is:

l. A post for a lWater closet seat comprising two arms arranged at right angles to each other `in the form of an L, fastening nieans on'one of said arms for securing the post in position, the other of said arms havinganI elongated socket extending lengthwise thereof and adapted to lie at right an` gles to the transverseaxis of the seat, said socket being open atthe end. of the arm which is adjacent to the other arm.

2. A post for a water closet seat 'comprising an integral L-shaped member composed ot' two arms arranged at right angles to each other, fastening means for the post arranged on one of said arms, and the4 other of'said arms having an elongated screw-threaded socket extending lengthwise thereof and open the. other arm,'oneof said arms beingadapt- ,ed to'be secured to the bowl in rear of the seat and the other being adapted-to extend rearwardly therefrom atfright angles tothe axis about which the se'at is to swing.

j, 3. A hinge for a water closet seat com prlslng an -shaped member, relatively ad- Lat the end of the arm which is adjacent to i 'n justable shoulders on one arm of said member to clamp it in place, the other arm of said member having a long socket 'extending lengthwise thereof andopen at the inner end of the arm, a stem adjustably supported i in said socketl and forming with the post a` T'shaped member, and a hinge leaf pivoted to the outer'end of said stem s0 as to swing aboutan axis at right angles to the axis of said socket. 1

4. A hinge for a `water closet seat comprising a pair of separated posts, open thimbles projecting rearwardly from the posts at the upper ends thereof, stems adjustably mounted in said thimbles and projecting in front of the posts, and hinge leaves pivoted to the front ends of said stems so as to swing about axes at right angles to the axes of said thimbles, salu leaves bein'g adapted to be Ysecured to the seat.

5. In combination, a hinge member hav# ing an elongated journal secured thereto at one end, a second hinge memberhaving a journal bearing to receive said journal, an adjustable shoulder on the journal to engage with one end of the bearing, an elongated thimble screw-threaded on said seeond hinge member,` the axis of thethimble extending at rio-ht angles to said journal and the parts being so proportioned and arranged thatr the thimble may be adjusted into proximity to the said bearing, and a post extendingv from and at right angles to -said thimble at the end thereof nearestsaid bearing.

6. A hinge support for a-water closet seat comprising a pair of lseparated posts, elongated internally screw-threaded thimbles arranged back of and upon the upper ends of the posts and extending at right angles to the axis about which the seat is to swing, stems screw-threzulcd into said thimbles so as to be adjustable axially thereof for considerable distances, and hinge leaves pivoted to the free ends of said stems and adapted to be connected to the seat.

seat and said posts being adapted to be Isecured to the bowl in rear of the seat.

8. A hinge support for a water` closet seat comprising ,a pair of separated L-shaped posts one arm of each of said posts being adaptedv to holdthe post to a iixed support and the other arms extending rearwardly away from and at right angles to the axis about which the seatis to swing, the latter arms of the posts having elongated sockets extending longitudinally therein and open at the ends nearest' the seat, stems adjustably mounted in said socket so as to be capable ofbeing moved from and toward the seat, and hinge leaves pivoted to the free ends of said stems and adapted to be connected to the seat.

ing two arms arranged in the form of an L, fastening means on one of said arms for securing the post in position, and a member adjustably mounted on the other arm so as to form with the two arms a T-shaped device.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

JOIIN W. MCAULIFFE. Witnesses:

VM. F. FREUDENREICII, BlusEUs SWEET.

.9.4 A post for a Water closet seat compris- 

